Discover & Celebrating Life’s Victories Keep us on Track to Accomplish Goals
Every Step Leads Toward Something New | Compounding Effect Of Celebrations | Celebrating Your Partner’s Victories Is a Win-Win Situation | Celebrating Our Children by Nurturing Their Authentic Selves
Editorial - DR Rawson - The Possibilist
Life’s celebrations have more meaning than we realize. Many memories we enjoy are based on a celebration, such as a birthday, graduation, or anniversary. These celebrations carry weight and can remind us of who we are and where we’re going.
This week’s articles will give pause, strike pride, remind, and challenge each of you. Our goal is to celebrate our mandate to explore personal empowerment. Let’s begin. . .
Every Step Leads Toward Something New In Our Lives
Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi
Taking a step in our lives brings us toward a goal, a dream, a future we envisioned for ourselves. Each and every small step no matter how small is worth taking notice of and being celebrated. Today’s small victories will bring tomorrow’s dreams alive. Someone taking notice of what we do makes us feel good. First, we have to notice and set the goals we want.
As a writer each person who responds to my work makes me feel good. someone else noticed and was interested in my work. First I celebrate myself and when our team articles and magazines get noticed we celebrate as a team. We notice. celebrating events like accomplishments, certifications, and birthdates all count. We feel like there was an accomplishment. Something to take note of.
It is truly empowering when we accomplish something and celebrate it. We can celebrate just ourselves, with family, friends, co-workers, colleagues, and humanity at large. As a writer for me a great celebration was publishing books that I wrote and books we have written together with other authors. each poem I write, and each story I put out brings me closer to our next book and next goals in my life, and yes each and every one needs to be celebrated. Taking note. Rewarding ourselves and others keeps us inspired and keep moving toward our goals.
Take notice
Celebrate yourself and others
Remember each step counts
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The Compounding Effect Of Celebrations
By DR Rawson - The Possibilist
For most of us, life begins with someone celebrating our birth. Of course, some missed celebrating the birth; ask them how they feel today.
From there, it’s the first word, the crawl, the walk, the talking, the endless questions, and the birthdays. It’s supposed to get even better, but sometimes it doesn’t. Allow me to share a personal story.
DR’s Journey
Over the years, I’ve received more than my fair share of awards, letters, and personal thank-you notes for various reasons. The one I take the most comfort from and empowers me is my marriage to my wife, Margaret. By the time you read this, I will have met her thirty years ago. It was the best night ever, and all we did was talk!
The births of our six children, fifteen grandchildren, and now nine great-grandchildren are celebrations that warm me just writing about them.
The celebration of my Father and Mother, Mother and Father-in-law’s life still brings me grief and comfort but also makes me stronger.
One Celebration Can Make A Difference
Many of you who have followed me over the years know I never had a childhood. I had my first birthday party on my 60th, eighteen years ago, next month. There were relatives, friends, employees, co-workers, and several people who traveled great distances to be at my celebration. Two months later, I had a heart attack and coded just before the paramedics came through the door.
What’s The Point
If you’re living, live. It sounds simple. Honor others, bring joy to someone else, and help someone who needs just a nudge. Make a habit of these activities, and your life will be full of celebrations. There is NO greater personal power than to realize that you can help yourself and others. There’s a promise, and there’s the challenge.
Celebrating Your Partner’s Victories Is a Win-Win Situation, Empowering Both People
By: Libby Shively McAvoy
Celebrating each small victory helps us stay on track in life.
In a relationship, we want to celebrate our significant other’s victories equally, if not more than our own. We want our partners to shine and to know they are loved and cherished by us.
I dated not one but several narcissists. I can assure you that they do not celebrate your wins. Instead, they pout and shut you out because when you celebrate something you have accomplished, they are suddenly in competition, which bruises their ego. That is not love, folks.
Love is humble and kind. Love wants their significant other to succeed and realizes they are not in competition, but instead, when one does well, it is a win for both people.
Setting Intentional Goals and Celebrating Those Victories
As a personal coach, my biggest task is to help people achieve their goals. One way that I accomplish that is by having them attach a reward to each goal or task. It should be appropriate to the task. For example, a small short-term goal might be rewarded with their favorite carry-out dessert from a local restaurant. A huge long-term goal might get rewarded with a weekend getaway. The reward is up to each individual — use what motivates you to finish the task on time. The point is to celebrate your victories which means you are progressing toward your goals. Accomplishing goals motivates you to continue on track and empowers you.
Final Thoughts
Don’t wait for other people to celebrate you. Take those steps yourself, but I also encourage you to celebrate the victories of those around you. This will only show empathy and create admiration and appreciation from peers. Nothing is more empowering than accomplishing your goals, celebrating those, and remaining humble and celebrating those around you, too.
Specifically in relationships when you celebrate each other’s accomplishments it will strengthen your bond, create a more stable home, and you will be far more satisfied.
Celebrating Our Children by Nurturing Their Authentic Selves
By Gabriela Trofin-Tatár
The best thing we can do as parents is to celebrate our kids just as they are. We should aim to create a safe space for them to grow and offer them acceptance to build confidence and self-esteem. We all want our children to be happy, healthy, and more likely to succeed in life.
Many of us grew up with ideas about what makes a "good" child. Many ideas are rooted in societal expectations and might not match our children and it’s ok. Children are not rigid dolls to be molded into good and bad. Instead of pushing them to fit a label, we should encourage them, with curiosity, to explore their own interests.
I grew up with the societal pressure to not pursue activities or professions that seemed to not bring stable and well-paid jobs, even though I adored drawing and writing. So I blocked these in a way, and only resurfaced them after having kids of my own while going through a rediscovery and healing journey myself.
Explore Together with Your Kids
Every child is unique, with a particular set of talents and interests that change over time. Our job as parents is to help them discover and explore their hobbies and dreams.
We could do the following:
Listen actively and be there in the moment. Pay attention when your child talks, notice his choice of topic, and show that you care about their thoughts and feelings.
Encourage exploration: suggest they try new extracurricular activities to discover what they love. Or discuss scenarios and see where their imagination takes them.
Celebrate their efforts by focusing on their hard work and progress along the way, not only the results.
Our Words Have Impact
What and how we say it to our children matters a lot. Using positive words can help them feel good about themselves. Remind your kids that they are loved for who they are, and show it by being there for them.
Parenting is a journey of learning for both us and our children. As we accept our kids for who they are, we also grow and rediscover ourselves in the process.
Their choices might be different than our expectations. We just need to be open and curious about how our little ones build their steps toward their future. It’s ok to make mistakes along the way because that’s when they learn and develop. We can guide and ask questions, and explore opportunities together, but I say act like a coach and not a manager of your kids’ lives.
How to Celebrate Your Child
Show your child that their thoughts and feelings are important.
Help them explore and find their passions.
Validate their feelings, because it’s okay to feel how they feel.
Notice and appreciate what they do well. Use positive affirmations and encourage positive thinking when discussing goals and intentions.
Make sure your home is a place where they feel comfortable being themselves, where they can discuss everything with you, the parents.
Show self-acceptance in your own life, even if you are still going through challenges on your journey of rediscovery or healing.
Focus on your child's unique growth and avoid comparing them to others.
Let’s celebrate our children for who they are, and help them grow into confident individuals!
Recommended readings:
Khaleque, A., & Rohner, R. P. (2002). Parental Acceptance and Psychological Adjustment.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2000). Self-Determination Theory and Well-Being.
Gabriella - Being there for each other and celebrating together is the biggest gift we can give and receive. time together.
Libby - Set small, medium, and long-term goals and celebrate each victory. This will avoid procrastination and keep you on target toward your ultimate vision.
DR’s Tip - You are living, so live, and celebrate others, events, time, and accomplishments…often.
DR’s Hack: Have you or your children been bored? Get up and help someone do something that will benefit them. Boredom is gone. You’re welcome.
Gabby - Celebrate something new every day by spending quality time together and laughing with your kids.
Thanks for reading,
Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi, Founder
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Another beautiful magazine put together by DEP writers about Celebrating goals in our lives. Amazing content. I enjoyed writing each article and preparing an article for this topic.
A celebration of anything for anyone really brings joy to many hearts. Always celebrate and support children too. It's motivation.